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cholangiocarcinoma

noun

Etymology

From cholangio- + carcinoma.

  1. derived from κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτᾰ
  2. learned borrowing from carcinōmata
  3. derived from κᾰρκῐ́νωμᾰ — “sore, ulcer; cancer”
  4. learned borrowing from carcinōma — “tumour; ulcer; carcinoma”
  5. prefixed as cholangiocarcinoma — “cholangio + carcinoma”

Definitions

  1. Cancer of the bile ducts (e.g., common bile duct, cholangioles).

    • Cholangiocarcinoma develops at a significantly younger age (between the ages of 30 and 50) in patients with PSC than in patients without PSC.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for cholangiocarcinoma. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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